Driver in Cagayan car mishap charged for death of 3 persons

TUGUEGARAO CITY – The driver of a car which crashed resulting to the death of three persons and injury to seven others was charged here last week for multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries

Police said the incident happened evening of March 5 when the right front wheel of a Mitsubishi Strada was busted and rammed a gmelina tree along the national highway in Barangay Mission Road in Sta. Teresita, Cagayan, police said.

Police Senior Insp. Virgilio Dorado, Sta. Teresita police chief, said the fatalities were identified as Jayson Jacob, 31, of Ipil village, and Rolly Tollio, 31, and Reyse Bermudez, 22, both of Sta. Cruz village, all of Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Seriously injured were Victor Rasos and Joey Tacal, 21, both of Ipil Village, Gonzaga; Jovelyn and Orlando Tacal, and Noemi Alicias, 20, of Sta. Maria village, Gonzaga, driver Henson Walter Rasos and Ma. Clarence Arizabal of Claveria, Cagayan.

They were brought to Alfonso Ponce Memorial Hospital in Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Probers said the Mitsubishi Strada car (plate no. ZPF 292) driven by Henson Walter Rasos swerved to the left lane when its right front car wheel got busted along Mission Road village and hit a gmelina tree.

As a result, Rasos was charged for multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries.